The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-29
Prominent southerners in New York
From the Netp York Grophfc.


Ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock, of Georgia, is a
guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel He belongs
to a generation of politicians that hourished in
reconstruction days and finished their public
career when the Freedman's Bureau and similar
institutions went to pieces. Mr.. Bullock, how
ever, has one very conspicuous advantage over
most of those who were in official life lust after
the war. He is rich, and nearly all the others
are poor. He did not give all his time to poll
tics, but kept his eye on some good railroad
property in Georgia, and had the sense to secure
IL He is man who is always doing something
extraordinary and unlocked for. His last sue,
cessful attempt to attract public attention was
when he declared in a published interview that
the next Republican National Convention should
nominate Rutherford 3. Hayes.
Senator Mat C. Butler, of South Carolina is
at the New York Hotel. He is one of the best
fellows from the Southern States in the Senate,
and deservedly very popular He was looked
upon at first as good deal of a fire-eater. and
it was mistake, for when he left his right leg
at Brandy Station in june. 1868, fighting for the
Confederacy, and waited for the war to end he
had grown to be one of the most sensible and
conservative of the politicians of his State
When he was first elected to the Senate ten
years ago his prospects of admission to the
chamber were not over bright, because of the
alleged irregularities surrounding the election in
his State. His rejection would have been polit,
ical destruction to him, and be owes his admis.
sion TO the sturdy, unfailing friendship of Sena-
tor Don. Cameron whose vote and influence
opened the doors of the Senate to him.
Congressman George T. Barnes, of Augusta
Ga, is on his way back to Washington. He is n
bluff, hearty, laughter-loving member and rich
enough to have hobby He developed it
during last session, and it was a mild mania for
collecting the queer letters of which every Con
gresham receives more or less Mr. Barnes
took with him back to Georgia a couple of hun
dred epstles which he has been having illus
trated by Mat O'Brien, the artist, and when he
has secured enough of the kind of letters he
seeks they will be published in book form AS
Mr.. Barnes is the very personifcatIon of humor
and good nature, he may be trusted to make
some entertaining selections from Congressional
correspondence.
Gen. Bradley T. johnson, of Baltimore. is
another singular character who dropped into
the New York Hotel last night. He is fiery
Southerner, who was born and reared at
Frederick, Md. He took the Southern side
when the war broke out, and was a dashing
officer of the Confederacy. He settled in Rich,
mond after the war; got mixed up in one or two
duels and finally settled in Baltimore where Ia
is now prominent lawyer and politician. He
is splendid type of the Southerier
Bennett II. Young of Louisville, Ky, is an
other interesting character of New York life to-
day. He was the leader of the Confederate
squad that captured st. Albans Vt, during the
war and levied contributions upon its citizens
Think Of man with ten men actually capturing
city of 10000 people, and at one time during
the melee had at least 3.00O penned up in the
public souare-